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Bangladesh marks 52nd Victory Day
KUWAIT: Bangladesh is celebrating the 52nd Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangali people, on Friday as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on the day 51 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation. On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the cost of the supreme sacrifice of...
Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi
Restructuring administrative responsibility-VII
By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse." - William Shakespeare. Imagine that you became the decision maker who is held accountable to a higher authority, and having unlimited authorities to relieve, keep, select or reshuffle seniors in the place you were appointed to -how will your behavior be? What will your mind ask you to do? Let us pause here with your mind, and wonder will your...
KUWAIT: Participants are seen during the summit. WHO Kuwait hosts multi-stakeholder strategic dialogue on achieving “Health for All; a whole of society approach to enhancing health ecosystems” on December 14th, 2022.
'Health for All: Society approach to enhance health ecosystems'
KUWAIT: WHO Kuwait hosts multi-stakeholder strategic dialogue on achieving "Health for All; a whole of society approach to enhancing health ecosystems" on December 14th, 2022. Achieving the targets of Thirteenth General Program of Work (GPW13) to ensure health and wellbeing for all, requires that all aspects of society get involved in building the health ecosystem. WHO has a longstanding, multifaceted collaboration with Kuwait aimed at improving...
Minister of Social Affairs, Minister of Social Development, and Minister of State for Women and Children’s Affairs Mai Al-Baghli
Ministry keen on promoting Kuwait products
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs, Minister of Social Development, and Minister of State for Women and Children's Affairs Mai Al-Baghli affirmed on Thursday that she was keen on supporting and promoting national products within the country and abroad. Speaking to KUNA, Minister Al-Baghli expressed pride in what national products had achieved in quality and quantity in recent years, saying that the products had made their mark in the competitive...
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WHO hails Kuwait
KUWAIT: The World Health Organization representative in Kuwait Dr Assad Hafeez on Wednesday praised cooperation between the United Nations agency and the Kuwaiti government, particularly in low-income countries. The UN's global health agency is currently working with Kuwait's Health Ministry to ensure the achievement of UN-proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) domestically, the WHO representative told attendees of a debate.Dr Hafeez said...
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KUNA Director receives Ukraine and Jordan envoys, discusses cooperation
KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Dr Fatma Al-Salem on Thursday met with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Kuwait Dr Balanutsa Oleksandr. They discussed ways to bolster media cooperation between the two countries. During the reception, Dr Al-Salem affirmed that media and journalism played integral roles in boost Kuwaiti-Ukrainian relations, commending at the same time, the level of cultural ties.On his part, the Ukrainian Ambassador...
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ESCWA, ACN laud Kuwait consumer protection efforts
KUWAIT: The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Competition Network (ACN) have heaped equal praise on Kuwait's efforts to protect consumers from commercial fraud, saying these measures help create competition that is both effective and beneficial. Kuwait's competition protection agency has made much progress over the last decade, helping "regulate the local market," ESCWA economic affairs chief Natalya Khaled...
KUWAIT: This picture shows a view of fog covering skyscrapers in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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DOHA: France's players celebrate their victory in the Qatar 2022 World Cup semi-final football match between France and Morocco at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, north of Doha on December 14, 2022. - AFP photos
France set up World Cup final with Argentina
DOHA: France will face Argentina and Kylian Mbappe will do battle with Lionel Messi in a heavyweight World Cup final after the French beat underdogs Morocco 2-0 on Wednesday. Holders France stayed on course to become the first team in 60 years to successfully defend the trophy thanks to goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani at Al Bayt Stadium.Morocco, the first African side ever to reach a World Cup semi-final, battled as they have...
MANCHESTER: Photo shows an incident involving a scuffle between a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester (center) and Chinese consulate staff, as a British police officer attempts to intervene, during a demonstration outside the consulate in Manchester. – AFP
China recalls six diplomats over Manchester violence
LONDON: China has removed six diplomats from the UK, including its consul-general in Manchester, after they were accused of assaulting a Hong Kong protester in the northern English city, Britain said Wednesday. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the six envoys had left the country by a Wednesday deadline imposed by London for them to waive their diplomatic immunity and be questioned by police over the October incident.Greater Manchester...
IFEROUANE: A 4x4 ambulance drives on a road between Iferouane and Souloufeta. This is the only ambulance that works to evacuate patients of serious cases from the Iferouane health center to Arlit or Agadez. – AFP
Doctors, drugs, even bandages lacking in remote Niger clinics
SOULOUFETA: Asked what's on her wish-list for her tiny clinic, Tchimaden Tafa starts to reel off a long string of items but doesn't reach the end, for another patient has come in, seeking her help. In Souloufeta, a village in the remote Aiir Mountains of northern Niger, healthcare comes in the form of a building that is all but empty, manned by a nurse lacking equipment, drugs and even bandages. Tafa's facility amounts to a two-room...
CALIFORNIA: A worker walks along a path at Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, California.- AFP
Tech giant Google says it does not manipulate search results
HONG KONG: Google said Thursday it does not manipulate search results, after Hong Kong's government said the tech giant had refused its demand to bury a popular protest song. The controversy began after it emerged that links to the pro-democracy song "Glory to Hong Kong" appeared ahead of China's official "March of the Volunteers" when people searched for the city's anthem.The song was accidentally played for Hong Kong athletes at two...
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Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot
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VIENNA: Representatives of OPEC member countries attend a press conference after the 45th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee and the 33rd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting in Vienna, Austria in this file photo. – AFP
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